Cheryl Cole’s mountain-climbing doctor launches Everest bid

A climber who has guided celebrities such as
Cheryl Cole and Bear Grylls as they take on the worldâs peaks for charity is embarking on her own challenge.

Fi Ramsden (right) on the summit of Kilimanjaro with Alesha Dixon (centre) and Raj (guide, left)

Fi Ramsden, a doctor who nursed a host of famous faces as they tackled Mt Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief last year, is trying to conquer the worldâs highest peak, Mt Everest. The 31-year-old, from London, sets off on Monday on a two-month trek to raise Â£5,000 for the Kenyan Orphan Project.

In 2006 she climbed the 8,201m (26,906ft) peak of Mt Cho Oyu, in Nepal, as the team doctor for an expedition lead by mountaineer Kenton Cool. âFrom the summit I could clearly see across to the summit of Everest â and it seemed strangely attainable from that perspective,â she said.

She also tackled Mt Kilimanjaro as the doctor to exhausted celebrities. âLooking after Cheryl Cole and Alesha Dixon at 15,000ft is about as bizarre as it gets!â she said.